For five weeks in 1941, Disney cartoonists launched an artist’s strike on the company which ultimately changed the dynamic of the studio. The strike reshaped the rights of Disney animators and made the Mouse House a union shop.

With most of its artists on strike, the Walt Disney company parking lot was relatively barren of cars.

This is another flier featuring a frustrated Donald Duck alerting that the strike was still ongoing.

The film was a disaster after Disney's previous hit 'Snow White,' meant to showcase the harmonious relationship within the company while, in reality, most of its animators were on strike. The role of 'animators' in the short were filled in by actors hired to play their roles.

Here's a clip below. The dragon reminds us vaguely of the Caterpillar featured in 'Alice and Wonderland.' Both the dragon and Sir Giles can be found in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.'

This was a two-sided newsletter given to supporters and members of the Screen Cartoon Guild explaining the origin of the strike.

The second side of the newsletter highlighted marriages between Disney artists and offered a few choice picket sign verbalization's that effectively used Disney's characters:

'Snow White and the 600 Dwarfs'

'One Genius Against 600 Guinea Pigs'

'I sign your drawings-- You Sign Your Lives'

'It's not cricket to pass a picket' (accompanied by a sketch of Jiminy Cricket)